f0rest: My motivation comes from me loving the game so God damn much
In an interview with Pley, the Swedish legend opens up about his big love for CS:GO and how it keeps him hungry and motivated.
Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg has been playing competitive Counter-Strike at the very top since the mid-2000s. Over the years, the Swede has won countless titles, impressive individual awards and been such an influential character in the scene that he became an institution within the game itself.
We have sat down with the 33-year-old veteran to talk about what drives him to keep playing competitive CS:GO, despite being one of the oldest and most accoladed players in the circuit.
- My motivation comes from me loving the game so God damn much. I just love playing Counter-Strike, and I still love every single part of the game, even though I have been playing for almost 16-17 years now. No match is the same as the previous one, and it’s still so much fun to play, which drives me to keep on playing.
I still want to win tournaments and attend big events, because I don’t want to end on this note and just say “I did my part”. I want to play at the big tournaments again, especially the LAN events in front of a crowd – Grab a trophy, that’s also what continues to drive me. And I still believe we have what it takes, to do so.
You can watch the entire interview with f0rest in the video below, where you can hear him talk about his goals with Dignitas, CS:GO returning to LAN and how it is playing alongside younger talents on the team.
Dignitas is currently placed just within Top 30 on the world ranking (#30), after two mediocre results at IEM Fall and REPUBLEAGUE Season 2. In the interview, f0rest explains how he believes that he and Dignitas could reach a much higher position if the team is willing to do the “grind”.
- Top 10-15 isn’t impossible – especially not in today’s Counter-Strike. It’s definitely something we can reach, and maybe also deeper. (…) doing a great result here at BLAST Showdown or even qualify for BLAST Finals will be an incredible thing for the team and also something which will place us much higher in the rankings, f0rest said, where he continued to explain some of the difficulties climbing the CS:GO ladder:
It’s very hard to be playing everything online and especially when you have to qualify for every single tournament since we don’t get invited. To reach that top-level is a grind – But as I’ve stated before, you have to do the grind to reach and appreciate that sweet spot.
You have to do the grind to reach and appreciate that sweet spot - f0rest on climbing the ranking ladder.
f0rest joined Dignitas in early 2020, concluding a 7-year long tenure with NIP - Here Xizt, hallzerk, GeT_RighT, f0rest, and friberg (From left to right)
Still going strong
f0rest stats | Last 90 days
Rating: 1.15
ADR: 81.9
Headshot percentage: 61.8%
Impact Rating: 1.13
Dignitas' next challenge
Dignitas will kick off their BLAST Premier Fall Showdown today at 15:30 (CEST), when they take on Fiend in the Round of 16. A matchup that suits the Swede well, owing to the Bulgarings being “a team that we are very comfortable playing against, so it’s a good starting matchup for us”, f0rest states.
You can watch the match right here on Pley.gg
